PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles gymnasts claimed the top three spots in the all-around as the Roughriders rolled to victory in their lone home meet of the season.
Port Angeles earned an overall team score of 156.6 in the four-team meet held Monday at Klahhane Gymnastics.
North Thurston finished second with 142.6 points, Kingston was third with 130.9 and North Kitsap was fourth with 121.7.
Sequim gymnasts also competed at the meet but the Wolves do not field a complete team.
The Riders claimed first-place showings in three of the four events and had five gymnasts among the top 10 all-around scores.
Maya Wharton was first in the all-around for Port Angeles with 32.10 points after winning the floor exercise (8.8) and tying with teammates Cassi Middlestead and Nikki Price for first on the beam (8.3).
Lexi Hefton also won on the uneven bars for the Riders (8.1).
Along with her two first-place finishes, Wharton was third on the vault (8.4) and fourth on the bars (6.6).
Middlestead finished second in the all-around with a score of 32, while Hefton was third with a 31.8.
Middlestead placed second in the floor exercise (8.6) and was third on the vault (8.4) and third on the bars (7.1).
Hefton also finished eighth in the floor exercise, ninth in the vault and fifth on the beam.
Price finished fifth in the all-around (30.8) for Port Angeles.
She placed third on the beam, fifth on the bars and seventh in the vault.
Two other Riders finished in the all-around top 10.
Sydney Miner was seventh all-around (27.9). Miner earned fourth place on the vault and in the floor exercise.
Laura Rooney was 10th for Port Angeles. She finished 12th on the vault and on the bars.
Port Angeles visits North Thurston on Saturday. The Riders begin post-season competition with a sub-district meet at Mount Rainier High School in Des Moines on Feb. 4.
Sequim gymnasts
Sequim’s Ennisa Albin and Elizabeth Sweet also competed but did not place in the top 20 in the all-around.
Sweet’s best finish was seventh on the beam, and Albin placed 11th on the bars.
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Compiled using team reports.
